The training comes in response to the police department's investigation into the more than 260,000 cases that were suspended due to lack of staffing. Thousands of those were sexual assault reports.
HAWC will speak about the new partnership at 9:30 a.m. You can stream their comments on ABC13's 24/7 live channel.more than a quarter of a million cases filed by crime victims since 2016 were suspended because of inadequate staffing. The cases were labeled with a "Suspended - Lack of Personnel" code.launched and completed an investigationAs part of the probe, an independent review panel was tasked with looking into HPD's handling of the suspended cases.
The group, who met for the first time in March, recommended working with HAWC to review and update HPD's victim notification protocols. It also recommended mandatory HAWC survivor-centered, trauma-informed training for all members of HPD's Special Victims Division. Any victims whose contact information has changed since the time of their report can call 308-1180 or email [email protected] believes HPD could have caught loved one's killer in weeks, but case was suspended instead'Made me sick': Mayor says he couldn't look past 2018 email about code in lead up to Finner retiring
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